Professor Sanders joined UQ in 1979 and has been a member of the School since 1996. He is the founder of the Triple P-Positive Parenting Program and is recognised as the global leader in the field of evidence-based parenting intervention. Professor Sanders Triple P system is currently in use across 26 countries, has more than 70,000 practitioners trained in its delivery, and millions of families have benefited from the program. He has published over 400 scientific papers, books and book chapters. His work has been widely recognised by his peers as reflected in many prestigious awards, including; Fellow of the Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy (2016), Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (2016), one of UQ’s Top 5 Innovators (2013), the Australian Psychological Society’s President’s Award for Distinguished Contribution to Psychology (2007) and Queenslander of the Year (2007).

Parenting and Family Support CentreSchool of PsychologyThe University of QueenslandBrisbane QLD 4072Australia

Professor Matt Sanders

Qualifications:

BA, MA, DipEdPsych, PhD

Background:

Matthew Sanders is a Professor of Clinical Psychology and Director of the Parenting and Family Support Centre at the University of Queensland. He is also an honorary Professor at The University of Manchester, a visiting Professor at the University of South Carolina, and holds adjunct Professorships at Glasgow Caledonian University and The University of Auckland. As the founder of the Triple P-Positive Parenting Program, Professor Sanders is considered a world leader in the development, implementation, evaluation and dissemination of population based approaches to parenting and family interventions. Professor Sanders is recognised as the global leader in the field of evidence-based parenting intervention and one of The University of Queensland’s Innovation champions. Sanders’ Triple P system is currently in use across 25 countries, has more than 50,000 practitioners trained to deliver it, and some 7 million families are estimated to have benefited from Triple P.

Professor Sanders’ work has been widely recognised by his peers as reflected a number of prestigious awards. In 2007, he received the Australian Psychological Society’s President’s Award for Distinguished Contribution to Psychology and in 2004 he received an International Collaborative Prevention Science award from the Society for Prevention Research in the US. In 2007 he received a Trailblazers Award from the Parenting and Families Special Interest Group in the Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapy and in 2008 was became a fellow of the New Zealand Psychological Society. Professor Sanders has also won a Distinguished Career Award from the Australian Association for Cognitive Behaviour therapy, was named Honorary President of the Canadian Psychological Association (2009), and Queenslander of the Year (2007). Most recently he was named one of The University of Queensland’s Top 5 Innovators (2013).

Professor Matt Sanders

Research Activities:

Prevention and treatment of psychopathology in children and adolescents; parent training and family intervention.

Leung, C., Fan, A., & Sanders, M. R. (2013). The effectiveness of a Group Triple P with Chinese parents who have a child with developmental disabilities: A randomized controlled trial. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34, 976-984.